Bridgeport NAACP asks DOJ to investigate police department following Lauren Smith-Fields and ​​Brenda Lee Rawls cases
Lauren Smith Fields via family lawyer(BRIDGEPORT, Conn.) -- A Bridgeport, Connecticut, chapter of the NAACP is demanding the Department of Justice investigate the Bridgeport Police Department over the cases of two Black women, Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Lee Rawls, who were both found dead in their homes. The demand comes after two Bridgeport police detectives assigned to both cases, were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the police department's internal affairs office. The detectives were disciplined due to a "lack of sensitivity to the public and f...